Comments on: Heath Ledger spikes my website, Day 6 http://stilgherrian.com/internet/heath_ledger_spikes_website_6/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive les poissons rouges sauvages! Sat, 19 May 2012 21:24:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Crispin http://stilgherrian.com/internet/heath_ledger_spikes_website_6/#comment-10265 Crispin Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:48:46 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/internet/heath_ledger_spikes_website_6/#comment-10265 Stil, I think that <b>@muppet</b>'s second-last paragraph is the kicker here. <i>Having said that, I have found other content on your website that I may return to read later in the future.</i> People found you through the Heath Ledger stuff, but people are returning for your other content. I haven't returned to the HL Jokes page in 3 days, but viewed your site each day for other items. Stil, I think that @muppet‘s second-last paragraph is the kicker here.

Having said that, I have found other content on your website that I may return to read later in the future.

People found you through the Heath Ledger stuff, but people are returning for your other content.

I haven’t returned to the HL Jokes page in 3 days, but viewed your site each day for other items.

]]> By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/internet/heath_ledger_spikes_website_6/#comment-10243 Stilgherrian Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:04:56 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/internet/heath_ledger_spikes_website_6/#comment-10243 <strong>@muppet:</strong> Ah, the commercial incentive! That explains everything! I think your observations are spot-on, and they'll doubtless find their way into my final wrap-up of this little experiment -- which will happen once there's been a couple of days in a row with no interesting new data coming in. @muppet: Ah, the commercial incentive! That explains everything! I think your observations are spot-on, and they’ll doubtless find their way into my final wrap-up of this little experiment — which will happen once there’s been a couple of days in a row with no interesting new data coming in.

]]> By: muppet http://stilgherrian.com/internet/heath_ledger_spikes_website_6/#comment-10219 muppet Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:21:08 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/internet/heath_ledger_spikes_website_6/#comment-10219 Back @ ya: Why do people seek out such sites early in the process? Is it an attention-getting ploy. Perhaps. And, not just on an on-line forum. Here's my theory: Let's face it, most of the jokes about Heath aren't funny. They aren't clever, they aren't worth repeating. Heath's death now seems more of a tragedy than a chance to make jokes. And, as time passes, it will seem more so. So, why was I one of the first to enter into the discussion? Simple: - Time on my hands. - A co-worker offered me $50 if I could come up with a joke funnier than his. (After I responded, "that's not funny" to his attempt) - Jokes like the ones on the pages prior, are only a teeny-tiny bit funny if they are, timely, and delivered in the right context. When someone mentions something about Heath and you respond with a timely, supposedly off-the-cuff quip, it's kind of humourous. It's blatantly in poor taste, and that's why people laugh. Hey she's quick... A week later - it's shown to be the lame effort it really is. Not clever, not timely, not funny. And, that's my 3 cents worth. I'm out of the race! Having said that, I have found other content on your website that I may return to read later in the future. (Particularly if some other celebrity passes soon. Speaking of which, anyone seen Britney today....?) Back @ ya:
Why do people seek out such sites early in the process? Is it an attention-getting ploy. Perhaps. And, not just on an on-line forum.

Here’s my theory:

Let’s face it, most of the jokes about Heath aren’t funny. They aren’t clever, they aren’t worth repeating.

Heath’s death now seems more of a tragedy than a chance to make jokes.
And, as time passes, it will seem more so.

So, why was I one of the first to enter into the discussion?

Simple:
- Time on my hands.
- A co-worker offered me $50 if I could come up with a joke funnier than his. (After I responded, “that’s not funny” to his attempt)
- Jokes like the ones on the pages prior, are only a teeny-tiny bit funny if they are, timely, and delivered in the right context.

When someone mentions something about Heath and you respond with a timely, supposedly off-the-cuff quip, it’s kind of humourous. It’s blatantly in poor taste, and that’s why people laugh. Hey she’s quick…

A week later – it’s shown to be the lame effort it really is. Not clever, not timely, not funny.

And, that’s my 3 cents worth. I’m out of the race!

Having said that, I have found other content on your website that I may return to read later in the future.

(Particularly if some other celebrity passes soon. Speaking of which, anyone seen Britney today….?)

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